Fugleramme is an open-source project designed to create real-time, localized bird detection displays using a Raspberry Pi and an e-ink panel. The system functions by polling the API of BirdNET-Go, an acoustic classifier that processes microphone input to identify avian species. Once a bird is detected, Fugleramme matches the species to one of over 800 hand-curated, public-domain natural history illustrations covering more than 400 species. To create a realistic 1800s aesthetic, the software performs background removal on the selected artwork and arranges the birds on a textured digital paper page. The layout logic uses body mass data from AVONET to scale the illustrations, placing larger birds toward the center of the frame. While the hardware implementation often utilizes an Inky Impression 13.3" e-ink display, the software is flexible enough to render on any screen, such as a TV or web browser, via a web-only mode. The project supports deployment through Docker containers or direct installation on a Raspberry Pi 5 via a systemd service, allowing it to integrate with existing BirdNET-Go instances on a local network.

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